[4][5] In 1940, Cohn, Anthony Velonis, Hyman Warsager and other artists co-founded the National Serigraph Society.
A few exhibitions in the 1950s brought him attention and notoriety, and Max Arthur Cohn taught him how to create silkscreens in the 1960s, leading to a fertile period of artistic output and some of Warhol’s most famous works such as Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Diptych.
Warhol’s Factory attracted bohemians, artists, models and socialites, all contributing to shaping NYC’s culture as a mecca for creative souls.
"[8] An article in Art Daily[9] in 2018 discussed an exhibit at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University titled Serigraphy: The Rise of Screenprinting in America that included a dramatic print by Cohn: "Rainy Day (circa 1940) by Max Arthur Cohn contrasts many of the works in the show.
But this unassuming artist went on to own a graphic arts business in Manhattan, where he is said to have taught silkscreen techniques to a young man named Andy Warhol in the 1950s."